2. MoU between the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Iran on Policy Dialogue between Governments and Interaction between Think Tanks

The MoU seeks to create a Joint Secretary/Director General policy dialogue as well as encouraging new institutional mechanisms between think tanks on both sides. There is also a provision for a conference on contemporary issues of regional and global significance.

The MoU seeks to establish a framework of cooperation between ECGC and EGFI in supporting and encouraging foreign trade and foreign investment between India and Iran and, where appropriate, the supply of goods and services from their respective countries as part of a project to a third country.

10. MoU between National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) and the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO)

The objective is for the two parties to jointly explore the possibility of manufacturing aluminium metal by setting up of a smelter on joint venture basis in Iran and/or entering into tolling arrangements with smelters in Iran or any other form of business collaboration including sale of alumina etc.

Dr T K Chand, CMD, NALCO.

Mr. Mehdi Karbasian, Head of IMIDRO.

11. MoU between IRCON and Construction, Development of Transport and Infrastructure Company (CDTIC) of Iran

MoU will enable IRCON to provide requisite services for the construction of Chabahar-Zahedan railway line which forms part of transit and transportation corridor in trilateral agreement between India, Iran and Afghanistan. Services to be provided by IRCON include all superstructure work and financing the project (around USD 1.6 billion).

Mr. Mohan Tiwari, Managing Director of IRCON

H. E. Mr Pourseyed Aghaei, Deputy Minister for Railways of Iran

12. MoU for cooperation between the National Archives of India and the National Library and Archives Organisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The aim to for facilitation of exchange of information and knowledge in the field of archival matters through exchange of manuals, guidelines, rules, publications and other special literature on archival topics.

H. E. Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Indian Ambassador to Iran

Dr Sayed Reza Salehi, Head of National Library and Archives Organisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran